Today's ecological anthropology, also known as environmental anthropology, attempts not only to understand environmental problems but also to
A. find solutions, acknowledging that ecosystems management involves multiple levels.
B. prescribe top-down solutions to ecological problems.
C. work closely with state agencies, among whom they do most of their ethnography, to promote institutional change.
D. contribute to development projects that sometimes, out of necessity, replace indigenous institutions with culturally alien concepts.
E. promote the concepts of environmental rights, even at the expense of cultural rights.
Answer: A
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a. they could not find a single location for them all. b. they feel refugees adapt better if they are scattered in small groups around the country. c. they hoped to prevent the Nuer immigrants from finding each other and building communities here in the United States. d. their safety depends on hiding them among American families so that their political enemies cannot find them.
The Hispanic and Latino populations of the American Southwest became minorities when __________
A. Anglos rushed into the newly annexed territories in search of economic opportunities B. Mexicans moved north fleeing the Spanish conquistadors C. Native Americans intermarried with Spanish settlers D. Anglos pushed the Hispanic and Latino populations west of the Mississippi River
The Maori were colonized by the:
a. English b. Spanish c. Dutch d. French
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a. needs assessment. b. archaeological assessment. c. cultural assessment. d. assessment of feasibility. e. social impact statement.